There's a lot of stuff going on here.
1.) If Sony showed the picture and people were hurt, would lawyers go after them?
2.) If Sony shows the picture, will the other movies in the multiplex lose money because people stay home?
3.) If the venues refuse to show the picture, what's the point of trying to run it?
4.) Sony HQ is in Japan.
Burnsy made me laugh when he said a real terrorist would force us to watch the movie.
Anyways, I heard some stuff. One theory is Sony knew it was a bomb and is using this to get out. I don't buy it. Another is they are using this as promotion and will release it later. Yes and no. It doesn't make sense to release it later in theaters BUT it could sell mega CDs worldwide now that people just want to see it out of curiosity. And there's the rub. NOBODY wants to lose money if there is a way out. Releasing the CD makes sense because NK can't track everybody that bought the CD and hack their computers or blowup their homes. They would simply be overwhelmed. And that's what Sony should do. But what if they don't? What if they just bury it and eat the loss? If that happens then the real explanation is something else. Blackmail.
These execs had their personal e-mail released. The only thing we know so far is they poked fun at Obama about black movies and slammed some people. What if that was the tip of the iceberg? What if they said things that would ruin their careers or cost them their jobs? That would be blackmail.
We'll soon know. If they never release the CD then it's blackmail. If they do release the CD then it was a brilliant move that protected people and other projects while making them more money than if they had just released it in the first place. That's what I think anyways.
12/18/2014 7:59 PM (edited)